[SOLVED] Timestamp format with PHP

[twilitegxa]

How do I format my timestamp to display the time and date like:

 

12-12-1998 05:45PM

 

Or some similar format? I am confused as to how to write the PHP code. My timestamp is displayed liek this:

 

2008-08-20 19:20:11

 

 

[twilitegxa]

I also should mention I have it saved in my database, so I want to pull the date and time from the database and display it in a certain format. The field is named currenttime and I have it display with this code:

 

echo $row['commenttime'];

 

so I don't know how to add the formatting to this line.

[Daguse]

try

 

date("m-d-y h:i:s A");

 

Best site you can use for small things is google or http://us.php.net/manual/en/index.php

[kenrbnsn]

You would use a combination of the strtotime() and date() functions:

<?php
$indate = '2008-08-20 19:20:11';
echo date('m-d-Y g:iA');
?>

 

Ken